all the works rally cars have 6 speed gearboxes, peugeot is the only one that uses a 4-speed, which in my opinion is a foolish idea. i saw on the coverage that marcus gronholm was topping out the rev limiter in 4th gear on a really long straight, had he been able to utilize six gears instead of 4, the straight line top speed would have been higher and he wouldn't have lost so much time on that one straight alone. i don't know what peugeot were thinking when they said there's some superior advantages to having a 4 speed, cuz obviously there aren't. rally teams use six speed gearboxes for a reason :roll:
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he throws a wicked twelve-foot arc.
hard to hit in only three tries.
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